brain barf… yum!
I almost always order the Okonomi plate at Suehiro.
This was the post-Vox Femina Los Angeles concert meal. (Much of this went home with us.)
Suehiro Cafe
Little Tokyo, Downtown
Los Angeles, CA
11/13/2010.
-J
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I’ve had the phone # above for well over 15 years. Cellular phones were crazy expensive back then; they were unaffordable for a college student like me– only business executives and hookers had them at that time. I got the 310-288-6516 number as a “voicemail only” account when I was a freshman in college and I had to share my landline with two roommates who pretty much hated me because every time the phone rang, it was for me. I started giving out my voicemail # so that I could check messages at my leisure and so my roommates didn’t have to bother taking messages for me. I paid $1.99/month for this service– waaay cheaper than having a cell phone. I kept this number even after I moved out of that apartment and went back home to Orange County for the summer so people could leave messages for me without having to call my parents’ home.
A few years later, during the Pleistocene Era, I had something that was called a pager. It was also known as a beeper. That’s because when someone called your number, your pager would “beep.” Awesome, right?! Although doctors had been using this advanced technology for years, this pager stuff was very high-tech for the consumer market in the mid-late 1990s. THAT WAS A WHOLE OTHER CENTURY AGO, PEOPLE! When I was a junior, I spent over $100 on a cranberry colored pager. I had it for about 2 months when I lost it at a pay phone(!) at UCLA when I was calling someone back who had paged me. I went through a number of pagers and finally decided that I didn’t need a pager, so I went back to voicemail only service.
Around my senior year of college, cell phones began to become affordable to consumers and I went to a Pacific Bell Wireless store to get my first mobile phone. This was back in the days before number porting, so I had to get a new cell phone number– I decided to retain my voicemail service on the side, even though I had voicemail service on my cell phone. And oh yes, you could send “pages” on the cell phone, too! I could have gotten rid of the voicemail # at this time, but I’d already had that # for a few years and I had gotten attached to it. The price had gone up a couple of bucks a month, but it was still very affordable. I kept both numbers.
Fast forward a decade and I have had gone through a whole host of cell phones and seen the Internet and technologies advance at a mind-numbingly fast pace, but I kept holding on to that voicemail # even though I didn’t really need it. But this year, I decided to cut the cord because of Google Voice. Even though the monthly fee for my voicemail # was only $7.99/month, I decided that I couldn’t justify paying *anything* for a number that I rarely used, especially because Google Voice is free and has many, many more features!
So sadly, my 310-288-6516 # is no more. If anyone from the last 15 years of my life is Googling that number looking for me, I thought I’d put this little PSA out there that I am pretty easy to reach online (see my contact page for the preferred methods!). And if you’d rather call me instead of finding me online– what do you think this is? The Jurassic Period? Come join this millennium, whydoncha?!
Before the concert, we had a drink with Mrs Lax at Patina.
She told me after the concert that she was 14 and hiding underground for 3 months in Poland. She was roughly the same age as Anne Frank while she was in hiding.
Vox Femina Los Angeles concert "VOX JUDAICA"
Zipper Concert Hall, The Colburn School
Downtown Los Angeles, CA
11/13/2010.
-J
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Fancy brownies topped with 24 karat gold, yuzu something or other and a chocolate thing with a toasted hazelnut and dried fruit.
I ate one of each and they were delicious even tho I didn’t know what exactly everything was.
Patina
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Downtown
Los Angeles, CA
11/13/2010.
-J
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Don’t ask me what that is because I have no idea.
UPDATE: Looked up the items on the menu:
-Duck Foie Gras Terrine, Black Mission Fig port reduction, toasted country bread $26.
-Marinated Hamachi geoduck, cucumber vinegar, avocado, crostini green apple mustard $22.
Patina
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Downtown
Los Angeles, CA
11/13/2010.
-J
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They rolled this huge tea station out by the table and brought the tea leaves out, blended them and steeped the tea in front of you.
I would have been happy with just a teabag!
Patina
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles, CA
11/13/2010.
-J
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I didn’t mean for that to sound so rude!
Los Angeles, CA
11/12/2010.
-J
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168 Supermarket
Alhambra, CA
11/12/2010.
-J
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They are awesome and I’m in the 3rd row!!!
At the Bank of America 2010 Los Angeles Neighborhood Excellence Initiative Awards
Los Angeles, CA
11/10/2010.
-J
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East West Players Board Members and staff at the Bank of America 2010 Los Angeles Neighborhood Excellence Initiative Awards
East West Players is recognized as a 2010 Neighborhood Builder. In recognition of its commitment and leadership in the Los Angeles community, EWP will receive $200,000 in unrestricted funding, and the opportunity for their leaders to participate in a strategic leadership development program.
The GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live
Los Angeles, CA
11/10/2010.
-J
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Pictured (l-r) Jacqueline Chiu, Board Member, East West Players;
Samuel H. Bersola, PhD, Board Member, East West Players; Lynn Arthurs,
Board Chair, East West Players; Cecile Fisher, Director of Marketing,
Aquarium of the Pacific; Tim Dang, Producing Artistic Director, East
West Players; Jan Perry, Los Angeles City Councilwoman of the Ninth
District; Wendy Anderson, Board Co-President, East West Players;
Jocelyn "Joz" Wang, Board Member, East West Players; Daniel Mayeda,
Legal Counsel, East West Players
(Photo courtesy of Cecile Fisher.)
East West Players Honored With The Heritage Award
              East West Players (EWP), the nation’s premier Asian
American theatre, was awarded the Heritage Award at the 9th Annual
Autumn Festival on Saturday, November 6, 2010 held at the Aquarium of
the Pacific in Long Beach, CA.
             The 9th Annual Autumn Festival celebrates the cultures
of China, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines. At each of the Aquarium’s
cultural festivals, an outstanding leader in the community is honored
with the Heritage Award. Cecile Fisher, Vice President of Marketing
for the Aquarium of the Pacific, was there to host the awards
ceremony. Jan Perry, Los Angeles City Councilwoman of the Ninth
District, presented the award to Tim Dang, Producing Artistic Director
of East West Players, after she performed a Japanese dance to open the
ceremony.
            “We are honored to have been presented with the Heritage
Award for the work we’ve done in our community,†says Tim Dang. “East
West Players is about telling stories, especially from the Asian
Pacific American community. We always try to bring entertainment,
education, and enlightenment in our main stage productions and
educational programs so our neighborhoods can feel that much more in
touch with each other.â€
           The weekend was a flurry of activities and featured live
music and dance performances, cultural arts exhibits, and children’s
crafts. Throughout the weekend artisans and other vendors displayed
and sold their works. Various ethnic entrees were also presented.
           For more information, contact East West Players at (213)
625-7000 or visit www.eastwestplayers.org.
Wandering around before East West Players received the Heritage Award at the Aquarium’s Autumn Festival.
Aquarium of the Pacific
Long Beach, CA
11/6/2010.
-J
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www.jozjozjoz.com
Here’s a screenshot of her tsukemen story. Have I mentioned that I
think Michelle is an awesome writer? She used the word "mouthgasm" in
the story! *high fives*
Original post: www.jozjozjoz.com/2010/11/01/woo-met-michellewoo-for-tsuk…
Posted on OCWeekly 11/3/2010
Photo taken 11/1/2010
-Joz
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Due to popular request, this is my signature: Â (-_-) Â Did someone blink?
www.jozjozjoz.com
OC Weekly story at:
blogs.ocweekly.com/stickaforkinit/2010/11/tsukemen_a_rare…
Local Eats
Tsukemen: A Rare Ramen Treat At Mitsuwa in Costa Mesa, But Only Until Sunday
by Michelle Woo
Mitsuwa Marketplace in Costa Mesa is hosting a food fair right now
(they stretch the word "fair" to mean they’re offering a couple
special, limited-time-only dishes) and this time, pop-up shop Nidaime
Tsujita is serving up tsukemen, or "dipping noodles."
With this style of ramen, popular in Japan but a rarity in the States,
the noodles and the broth are served in separate bowls. One benefit of
this: The noodles won’t get soggy during your meal. Using your
chopsticks, you’re to dip the noodles into the broth (which is
actually more like a gravy) before taking a bite.
The result: mouthgasm. The spaghetti-like noodles are perfectly
al-dente and the broth, made with pork and chicken bones, seafood and
vegetables, is rich, slightly creamy and enhanced with a tangy kick
thanks to the slices of lime. It’s delicious, yet intense–you’ll have
no urge to gulp down the rest of the soup once the noodles are gone.
The chashu is tender, oily and fatty, the way chashu should be.
The guys at the counter are masters at upselling you on the soft,
oozing hanjuku egg to accompany the dish. Don’t hesitate. Just go for
it.
Lines can be long, so head over there before or after the lunch rush.
And hurry, the fair ends on Sunday, Nov. 7.
Nidaime Tsujita Ramen inside Mitsuwa Marketplace, 665 Paularino Ave.,
Costa Mesa, (714) 434-1101; www.mitsuwa.com
I love Google Voice but it sucks at speech-to-text translation from my Mom. Of course this is not GV’s fault because most of the time, my Mom is speaking Chinese or maybe Chinglish at best. I really don’t expect it to translate twice! Here’s one example:
8/29/10 6:18 PM
Alright. Hello. Bye, hey hello, hello hey Yeah, Yeah, hello hello.
Note: I don’t know what my Mom was doing when she called me, but at first it sounded like she was talking to someone else. But then she did say “Hello, Jocelyn. Hello?” Google Voice has not gotten my name right yet.
What GV got right: Hello; hello (in italics)
What GV got wrong: Everything else.
Long Beach, CA
11/6/2010.
-J
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Los Angeles, CA
11/5/2010.
-J
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Los Angeles, CA
11/5/2010.
-J
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www.jozjozjoz.com
Also, I saw on Twitter that there was a Tony Shalhoub sighting here 2 days ago. My stalking skills are now time shifted evidently!
Los Angeles, CA
11/5/2010.
-J
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www.jozjozjoz.com
I love Google Voice but it sucks at speech-to-text translation from my Mom. Of course this is not GV’s fault because most of the time, my Mom is speaking Chinese or maybe Chinglish at best. I really don’t expect it to translate twice! Here’s one example:
8/18/10 6:57 PM
Hi thinking want to Advanta the Naperville that. Yeah on my dancing at staple, and I won’t be bugging out the out if you have a holler at you with that and Give me a call, okay bye bye and we will meet you know what way that with you. Bye bye, okay bye bye.
Note: Message left mostly in Chinese, some English words.
What GV got right: okay bye bye (in italics)
What GV got wrong: Everything else.
Burbank, CA
11/5/2010.
-J
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www.jozjozjoz.com
The Fugetsu-Do mochi is pretty good but my favorite are the homemade ones that Yoshi’s family makes at Christmas and that I hoard at New Year’s.
Los Angeles, CA
11/1/2010.
-J
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www.jozjozjoz.com
I love Google Voice but it sucks at speech-to-text translation from my Mom. Of course this is not GV’s fault because most of the time, my Mom is speaking Chinese or maybe Chinglish at best. I really don’t expect it to translate twice! Here’s one example:
8/19/10 12:04 PM
Destiny. I mean the me. I will go to. I’m back. If you, the it. And we’d been saying for you okay bye bye.
Note: My Mom actually left this entire message for me in English
What GV got right: If you; for you okay bye bye (in italics)
What GV got wrong: Everything else.
I love Google Voice but it sucks at speech-to-text translation from my Mom. Of course this is not GV’s fault because most of the time, my Mom is speaking Chinese or maybe Chinglish at best. I really don’t expect it to translate twice! Here’s one example:
8/30/10 8:44 AM
I was in my name is Anthony Now, what things can and coming out if you could please call. They had a so it’s a hump. This week or so if you Not Gonna on sell spent in so. It’s all about the Nokia nadski says if you could. All. So, listen to your home okay just now, ohh.
Note: Message mostly in Chinese
What GV got right: ohh (in italics)
What GV got wrong: Everything else.
Thanks to the ever-lovely Michelle Woo for meeting up and trying the tsukemen (dipping noodles).
They were delicious but the broth is not for the faint of heart! It is incredibly rich but excellent flavor! Go for the seasoned hanjuku egg! We were lucky that we took our lunch break a little later than the lunch rush and didn’t have to wait in a long queue.
If you want to try them, you’ll have to hurry– they’ll be leaving this space on Sunday, 11/7/2010!
www.michellewoo.com
www.ramenramenramen.net/2010/10/30/ramen-rating-nidaime-t…
Nidaime Tsujita Ramen
Mitsuwa Marketplace
Costa Mesa, CA
11/1/2010.
-J
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www.jozjozjoz.com
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